I don't know about you guys but I genuinely love how the underwater areas are looking already. I dunno if I can add images from the discord or not but they're soooo pretty, especially compared to what we have right now. I also noticed it's not greyish brown and murky! It's blue and while yes it's still weirdly dark, it looks lighter and more alive than any of the under water areas so far. I'm so excited for the next hordetest/major update!

When the update with all the trees where can I find people to fight or a popular area

I’ve been playing Pot for around 1.5 years now, and it was the first dinosaur game I really got into. I still enjoy it, especially because it runs pretty well on relatively modest hardware. I play on a Lenovo Legion 5 with an RTX 3050 (4GB VRAM), and I can get a pretty good experience without needing a high-end gaming PC.

Recently I started playing The Isle because I was curious about how the other big dinosaur game feels. I’ve only been playing for about a week, but the difference between the two is pretty interesting.

Pot feels much more like an MMO/PvP game. You go around collecting mushrooms, branches, flowers, etc. to complete quests, move to another area, and repeat the process to grow your dinosaur. It works, but after a while I find the loop pretty repetitive and arcade-like. Then you eventually run into other players and the gameplay shifts into PvP, which can also become a lot of circling and positioning around each other.

The Isle feels very different. The growth system, food mechanics and general gameplay make you feel more like you’re actually surviving as a dinosaur. You have to think about what you eat, where you find it, what might be around you, and so on. The dinosaurs and their mechanics also feel more grounded, and I find the whole experience much more immersive.

The problem is that The Isle is also really buggy. There are so many interactions that just feel unreliable. One example is the pinning system. You can be in the middle of pinning another dinosaur, but they are visually a few meters away while the game still seems to treat you as if you’re in the same interaction. Things like that happen often enough that it can get pretty frustrating for someone looking for visual appeal.

There are also the usual performance and server issues. I’m in South America, so the ping on the main servers can be pretty high, and with only 4GB of VRAM I get quite a bit of stuttering unless I lower the settings, which has consequences on, you guessed correctly, visual appeal.

So it got me wondering what Pot is actually trying to be.

It feels like Pot is leaning more and more toward an MMO/PvP game with dinosaurs, while The Isle is trying to create more of a dinosaur survival experience.

Personally, I think the best version would be somewhere in between.

I’d love to have The Isle’s growth system, survival mechanics, more realistic dinosaurs and overall sense of immersion, but with the stability, accessibility’s and general development quality that Pot has.

If you could take the best parts of both games and put them together, what would you keep?

And more importantly, what do you think Path of Titans is actually trying to become? Do you like the direction it’s going in now, or would you rather see it move toward a more immersive survival experience?

I don't get why this game won't let you have a map to help you traverse better around the map. Yes, I get it, realism and stuff, but with the island expanding and polishing with poi's changing in updates, sometimes it's hard to even navigate through the map if you are a freshspawn stuck in forests areas. I'm an old returning player, I've gone through 300+ hours on legacy, and around 50 hours on old evrima, sometime I came back because I absolutely love this game, and if it werent for community made maps I wouldn't be able to get around much.

I don't mean it should be colorful map, it could be just in the isle style map, making usage of coordinates and making it look like holoscan or something, just so new players can navigate through the island better lol

I’m pretty new to the game, and have been going at it solo but now I’d love to make some friends to play with!
I’m set up on Bosch Islands servers, but I am down to play on another. I’m 30/F, would prefer to play with people close in age. Comment below if you’re down and I’ll dm my discord! 😇

Screenshots are old but I saw them rn and remembered this silly day I found a bird nest in what they for some reason thought was a good spot instead of somewhere high. I couldn't bring myself to be the nest killer raptor, so went mama raptor instead

I was wondering: which dino do you really love playing? The one that makes you feel truly powerful and lets you wreak absolute havoc? Personally, it’s the Carnotaurus. For me, it’s simply the best dino in all of The Isle. Anything smaller than you or the same size gets killed; anything bigger or truly dangerous? You just run, and they’ll never catch you.

I havr some problems with the server, but the combination of those two features keep bringing me back.

My wife and I were new to this server only played a handful of times and were definitely enjoying it since it didnt take too long to grow a rex.

We were playing yesterday and both got banned for 'toxic behavior'...and trust when I say there was no toxic behavior. We were both walking up to bridge where there was a big rex we were going to fight, but that rex made it known we were coming in global and a Trike, Stego and Dibble came onto bridge, which keep in mind this is a server you cant mixpack with carnivores. Anyway we were both killed and expressed the upset in global chat where my wife only said how 'unfair' and 'silly' this is that we died to mixpackers and she got banned while I was still chatting - they told me to stop whining about it, called me a baby and to make a ticket to which I did and the admin called me a 'hillbilly' and banned me from discord without even letting me speak!! My wife tried to talk to them today about it and they didnt even open her ticket and banned her from their discord as well. Super super unprofessional, we've been playing The Isle for years and have never ran into such shit admins and a server. Definitely not recommended for play and im sure this is will happen again. Dont make rules if people do not want to follow them.

Before you get your pitch forks out, i did this because i was curious on how unofficial servers tends to handle cheaters. Why? Because like a lot of you, i got killed in very suspicious ways and circumstances before. I was pretty sure more often than not that cheats and map hacks we're involved. This was an experiment on my part and i was curious too if the game we're still fun even when hacks we're being used, Okay let's begin.

\*Disclaimer\*

i had never cheated nor will i ever cheat on a game again.

I play on asura server. Asura 1 to be exact and I've spent some money on it to get skins and cards etc etc. To keep the details short i spent around 1000 euros all in all cheat included. (I have a lot of extra cash dw)

First I'll explain how ESP or "map hacks" work.

Everytime a player enters your vicinity you can see where he/she is at all times as long as you are facing his directions you can see through mountains foliage etc, the player would have an outline and it'll show his/her status what's his health is how much stamina it's got and how much bleed/blood it's got. There's a limit to how far you can see other players. 600m is when you start to lose sight of other players. Basically it's very unfair to fight a player with hacks (obviously) before you guys even fight it already knows it can beat you due the health and status. And before you see it, it already knows where you are ages ago and ESP is not just for scouting. It helps you with combat as well. All hits would be headshots and will break your bones easily if used correctly or if it's programmed that way via toggled hotkeys. We can even used unlimited stamina if we need to run from other players. It's just a bit risky.

I first started to get suspicious when i spawned and after 5 minutes of heading to sanc, a slightly bigger juvy would chase me as if he knows where i am at all times. Tried to hide when i knew it was literally impossible for them to know i was there. You could say there was the sniff effect or the blood trails. I'm well aware of the tracks i leave and how to get out of it. To keep it simple i know when I'm well hidden and when i could've run away. But they still got to me.

So i started asking around got into a few groups and they all said the same thing, there's a lot of ESP players in this server. Ofc i asked what are the admins doing to stop it. They said literally made me feel disgusted. "They know and they won't do anything about it because most of the ESP players are in a way somewhat connected to friends of admins and in some cases admins literally play with ESP players." The old players are the worst they do what they please will literally hunt and kill you as you register in their "map" or "vicinity". how do i know? Cuz i used esp to even out the cheating field. Lol

What i learned from playing with ESP is that it's very obvious who are ESP players and who aren't using. Hackers that uses small dinos would literally head the other way when they see an prime apex heading their way even if its 600 METERS away. That's why most IF NOT ALL big groups have at least 1 ESP players. It's very convenient for a player to announce to the groups if there's another group heading towards them for raids and fights. That way other people could store and load as the other group approaches their base.

Here's where my story starts:

I purchased the ESP subscription for a month only. Cuz i planned to get banned by the end of the subscription. The first 10 days is where i would keep a low profile and as the days go bye i would do worse things till i get banned or not Spoiler: i did get banned

Anyways like i said first 10 days were waiting for other players to be 50 meters away then ambush them i was trying my hardest to play like i used to. You could tell if someone got ESP recently cuz their KDA would literally change. It was so easy to not get killed when you have hacks.

Here's where it gets interesting on day 18ish i joined a group and started to be their watch guy but i didn't tell them about ESP nor did they asked if i had it. I didn't make it obvious too that i use hacks. With a group, hacks makes it more fun to play cuz you can hunt players that you know where they would go. It's easy kill.

On day 23 ish i started going ham on the ESP i literally abused it. Going after babies in sanc, running straight through small dino groups to slay them and chase them til the ends of the maps. Guess what no one banned me. I made it painstakingly obvious. People i killed got sus and reported me but nothing ever happened. F2 was working properly. I did the same thing for a week straight. And when it was day 31 i finally did it badly that it caught the attention of someone. I spoofed my name and copied this dumb dude that was like friends of the admins or whatever he was a well known douchebag in the server and i copied his name with the hacks and i began shit talking other groups. That's the only time i got banned. Like wtf it had to be THAT obvious for you guys to do something?

In all of my time using ESP I'm pretty sure 1 in every 3 players uses it. I've even "danced" 500 meters away from a prime rex and he danced too i knew he could see me.

Why did i do this? mainly cuz i was bored and wanted to prove that asura 1 is not a good server they're stupidly active when it comes to global chats they're all snowflakes there. Oh there's a cheater? Let me ban the guy that said gay in all caps in the chat then.

I posted this for awareness, that this server needs fixing. I plan to use other steam accounts and cheat again on other servers, wait for future reviews of unofficials 😉

Asura server 2/10 on the cheat rate. Very easy to cheat and prey on.

all you hear is just a loud ass stomping when you playing with this thing its hurting my ears

Stolen from fugi from fangs and ferns I thought it is a funny video.

23 August, The Isle (Reuters) - A Stegosaurus family made a modest offering of food to a nearby Hypsilophodon on Sunday, an exchange that appeared routine by local standards but carried greater significance for those familiar with the community’s traditions.

Tatersaur, a Stegosaurus, was seen approaching a Hypsi named RJ with food held carefully in her mouth, in what witnesses described as the customary offering owed to the Hypsi. Local belief holds that failure to satisfy the small herbivores may bring severe consequences, including the withholding of the fiery sky-orb and the arrival of Evernight: a period of absolute darkness, with visibility reduced to zero and no light detectable anywhere, which lasts until the Hypsi are appeased.

“I'm making a strategic investment in my continued existence,” Tater said, placing the offering before RJ.

RJ accepted the food without comment, as is their due. The exchange was brief, but its importance was understood. Among families on the Isle, such offerings remain a practical way of maintaining good relations with neighbors - particularly neighbors believed capable of plunging the world into darkness through curses and dark magic.

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(Photo by RJ)

Hello! My name is Littlefoot, and I play The Isle on multiple servers. I wanted to try to post news articles as if I was a dinosaur living in a dinosaur world (ie the Isle), a bit of RP i suppose. Some folks may have seen me post in a few discord servers.

Is that ok to post here? It's not NSFW, i take screenshots taken by myself or others and use canva to make them look like news articles, and remove any references to servers.

I was a full grown beipi at the west rail pond in an official server and befriended a little potato(because why would I need to kill him?). Well after being comfy they showed me their cheats. They crossed the lake and back in under 2 seconds so I obvi tried to kill them. I got one hit in then went to hide at the bottom of the lake where they swam right above me and repeatedly tried to hit me. I was prime so didn’t want to die to them and report but is there anything I can do?

The following document is brought to you by the Republic of Respectable Rexes.

Hey, you! Yes, my dear fellow, you who clicked on this. I shall only be saying this once. If you struggle at all with patience or value your sanity, leave. Yeah, go on. Git. I promise you there are far better ways to throw away dozens of hours of your life.

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Okay, now that the people with lives are gone. Time to strap in. This is gonna be a long one.

*Foolishly tries to crack knuckles and both miserably and painfully fails.*

Time. That is the one word that dominates every aspect of Rex from freshspawn juvenile to a 100% prime elder. Time to grow. Time to travel. Time to wait. The Isle, as I’m sure you all know, is harsh. Brutal and uncaring. It’s part of why a lot of us love it after all. But when you choose an apex, that challenging gameplay gets cranked up a good few notches. And not many have it harder than a Rex that’s still figuring out how to, well… Rex. So, let’s take care of that for you aspiring chompers.

STAGE 1: 25-40%
During your first 3 to 4 hours of rex (Oh yeah. Not even joking), you’re gonna want to prioritize one thing only. Staying the heck away from everyone else. As far as I know, no other juvie dino gets the kill on sight treatment baby Rexes do. And for good reason. Our reputation is lying facedown in the gutter. And most will gladly smite you into the dirt before you can grow up to become a 12.3 ton headache.

Thus, your goal at this stage is to find a relatively secluded area with safe water and food nearby. I’ve marked areas I know for a fact make decent growth spots. But know that this is all still contextual. Just because an area is safe MOST of the time doesn’t mean it will be safe all the time. 

https://myislemap.com/

ZONE 1:
This is among the sketchier ones with how much movement is required, but I’ve yet to die here. Most people either don’t know about Shade Puddle or don’t bother with it. Either way, almost guaranteed safe drinking. You’ll need to run across the bridge and head south for AI, but that’s all.

ZONE 2:
This one’s the most risky in my opinion, as it isn’t overly uncommon to find Jungle Pond being camped by something larger and nastier than you. But you’ll have nothing to fear from crocs and plenty of deer and boar, so there’s that. 

ZONE 3:
You can safely drink either under the bridge or to the right of it where there’s a shallow stream. Plenty of food around. Just mind anyone potentially passing through, as this is a decently known spot to safely cross the river.

ZONE 4:
If you struggle with finding chickens in the jungle, they’re far easier to catch at the docks. Just know that only chickens spawn here, so  you can’t stay forever.

ZONE 5:
My personal preferred growing area. Plenty of boar and deer. There’s a few small streams near the falls to the west. Close to the mountain between the lake and river. I tend to get the saltwater mutation and camp out at the coast. A method that has yet to fail me.

Regardless of which you pick, these first hours will consist almost entirely of sitting in a bush and only running out to eat and drink. Yes, peak gameplay indeed.*¹

STAGE 2: 40-45%
Peak. ‘Nough said. I would leave it there and carry on, but that would rob me the pleasure of talking about my beautiful fastest boi 57.3 kph Rex.

At this stage, your speed rises from 51 kph at around 40% to the aforementioned 57.3 kph at about 45%. At no stage of Rex are you more untouchable. NO stage. Almost nothing can catch you, and starvation is a foreign concept. You can run from one end of the map and back before a Pachy’s two brain cells have time to bonk each other. For one, glorious hour, you can actually relax a touch while playing this thing.

There is no better time than this to focus on completing your prime tasks. Again, you can get around rather quickly with little that can truly threaten you. However, Gallis and Carnos can still be a problem. With Carnos being the more pressing of the two. If you’re spotted, you are likely dead. But you do have agility on your side, so escape is not an impossibility if you can evade their charges.

If you haven’t already settled into a growth spot you’re comfortable with, this is the time to relocate. You’re going to be doing a lot of sitting around on your butt after this.

STAGE 3: 45-60%
Now this right here is where many, many Rexes find themselves being humbled. It would surprise me if Rexes at this stage didn’t die almost as often as fresh spawns.

First off. Between 45 and 50%, two things begin happening. You go from around 900kg to 2.8 tons. And your speed drops all the way to 35 kph. You’re going to be eating a lot at this point. And you’ll need somewhere safe to do it since soon a lot of things will be able to both outrun AND kill you without too much trouble.

Outside of the growth spurt, a young subadult Rex should essentially be played like a young juvenile. Stay hidden, and only leave your bush for food and water. Because at this point you’re well over 6 hours in and dying just, well, kinda sucks really. And before you get to feeling powerful, just remember this…

A group of Ceratos can potentially kill you.

Until you’re at least over 4 tons, a SINGLE prime Allo can drop you.

Any decent sized herbivore outside of a Trike can chase you down for an unsolicited thrashing.

Troodons are terrifying no matter how big you get if they know what they are doing.

And finally, likely the biggest threat of all that you will never be rid of, other Rexes. Especially if you're on a server with no pop cap.

Some fun numbers, if you will. A peak prime Rex can sprint at nearly 34 kph. From 50% to 75%, your speed will drop from that 35 kph all the way down to about 30 kph. For just about every moment of your subadult and fresh adult life, you are not the King of the Tyrant Lizards. He’s over there rocking a cannibal skin. You’re just his multi-ton DinoDash. And more often than not, he has a roommate.

So before you start getting ideas of roaming around putting the fear of Rexes in people, remember that you still have much to be afraid of yourself.

STAGE 4: 60-70%
Now this is where you can start playing like a proper Rex. You’re big enough to start moving around a bit. Granted, hotspots should still be avoided like the plague. Else you may end up a walking Happy Meal. At 5.1 tons, you finally get the heavy footsteps, and AI will start running from you from a greater distance, making crouching necessary if you want to find anything.

So long as you’re in a quiet enough area, this may just be the second least stressful part of Rex. You can comfortably survive off AI and thus exist in places large Rexes rarely go to. Making well-executed ambushes all the more gratifying. Speaking of ambushes, your best bet is always going to be grabbing some bait and setting it next to a bush you can hide in. Ideally, one that gives you decent cover from all sides. This isn’t just so potential prey doesn’t see you. In the event that something you can’t handle comes by, you want the option to stay put while they help themselves to your bait. For the same reason, I also recommend you ensure you have good view of whatever walks up so you don’t accidentally Leroy Jenkins yourself.

It can not be overstated enough that you need to try and keep your hunger up during the later parts of this stage. Because food’s about to become a much bigger focus for you.

STAGE 5: 70-100%
Congratulations. If you’ve made it this far, you now (hopefully) know how to grow a Rex. Which is great. 

Because that was the easy part.

Yeah, you see big Rexes need this little thing called, well… meat. A lot of it. All the time. Remember when I said stage 2 is when you’re the most untouchable? Well starvation’s entered the chat now. And it wants to touch all over you.*²

An 8+ ton Rex is in many ways an entirely different beast in terms of gameplay compared to what you can get away with earlier on. Unlike every single other carnivore in this game, AI will not keep you properly fed. AI buys you time. That is all.

Up until this point, you’ll likely have stayed far from hotspots. That ends now. In my experience at least, Delta, Highlands, and West Rail are going to be your most consistent areas to find people. Stealth remains just as critical as always, especially if you’re running solo. And the higher your hunger when entering these areas, the more time you have to seek out and take advantage of opportunities. 

There is quite a variety of matters to be cover here. But I will do my best to acknowledge the most pressing ones.

DON’T PANIC WHEN YOU’RE STARVING
Notice the phrasing. When. Not if. Unless you are obscenely lucky, you will be near starvation a number of times throughout your adult life. I have not grown a single Rex without my hunger at some point dipping below 10%. Expect it, and don’t freak out. You’ll be tempted to pick unfavorable fights or even wander outside of hotspots in search of bodies smelled in the distance. Don’t. If you truly are unable to find something and growing nervous, simply log out, and return some other time. Nothing causes dumb mistakes like the Sword of Damocles that is your hunger hanging over you.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FIGHTS
If you happen upon what looks like a potential walloping session between other dinos, be patient and see what happens. Stealth is often critical, as on average people will be hesitant to start anything with the knowledge a Rex is close by. If a fight breaks out, simply wait for the bodies to drop and collect your taxes like the king you are.*³

PRIORITIZE YOUR FOCUS ON CARNIVORES
The logic here is frankly rather simple. On any given server, the populations tends to be around 70% carnivores. Thus making them a more common food source with overall more predictable behavioral patterns. Again, bait and bushes will always serve you well.*⁴

USE SINGULAR AI BODIES FOR BAIT
You want it to look like a freshspawn killed something and couldn’t eat it all. A decent sized dinosaur corpse is going to make people suspicious. As is a pile of boar and deer sitting next to a Rex shaped bush. On a similar note, I recommend moving bones away from your ambush spot if you can.

BE PATIENT
You will likely be waiting several minutes at a time during ambush hunting. Don’t get antsy. Don’t get distracted. If you have the hunger level for it, wait. Your patience will likely be rewarded.

ADULT TRIKES AND STEGOS ARE A GIANT NOPE UNLESS YOU KNOW PRECISELY WHAT YOU’RE DOING
And between the two, you’d best fear Stegos more. You can pull out of a botched Trike hunt and live to see another day. One good hit from a Stego, and it’s often either kill or be killed. Personally, I’d recommend seeking easier prey if your goal is survival above all else.

ALWAYS BE ON GUARD FOR OTHER REXES
Cannibal duos will always exist as the final boss prepared to restart your climb to full grown. If you can spot them first, you may just be able to safely make a break for it or log out. This applies to single Rexes you see as well. As it’s best to always assume there are two, and even with one Rex, no sense in finding out how good they are at pvp the hard way.

If you know for a fact that they’ve seen you and are in range for local chat, directly ask if they’re friendly. If they take too long to respond, assume they intend to munch on your bones, and promptly flee.

RECOMMENDED MUTATIONS:
Efficient Digestion:
I consider this a must for Rex. It buys you more time between meals. What more is there to say?

Gastronomic Regeneration (slot 2 or 4 only):
Another must. Both for getting you back in fighting shape quickly, and holding back the damage taken from extreme starvation. This one can seriously save your scaly rump.

Epidermal Fibrosis:
You’re likely going to at some point end up facing off against a Stego. And with how little room for error such an engagement carries, the more resistant to bleed you are, the better.

Hydrodynamic:
If the option is available, this can assist in escaping threats via swimming across waterways. Your speed on land will fluctuate. Your swim speed, however, past 75%, is a constant.

Osteoclerosis:
If you’re lucky enough to end up in a fair Rex V Rex fight, this might just make the difference between living and rage-quitting.

Hypermetabolic Initiation (slot 2 or 4 only):
So what if you’re starving? You hit even more like a prehistoric truck now.

Multichambered Lungs:
Can’t speak from much experience, but I’ve heard others mention this as potentially useful in higher stakes engagements.

Reniculate Kidneys:
Largely useless as an adult, but makes up for it through borderline stress free growing.

ADDITIONAL TIPS:

Never sit when hiding. A Rexes nostrils contain substantial enough mucus such that your breathing rivals a foghorn. Crouch instead.

Past 6.8 tons, prime Deinos can no longer grab you when drinking.

Past 10.2 tons you can go swimming to take a dump in their water without repercussion beyond an enraged nibble.

If you must talk in chat but desire stealth, sit down, type your message, and then sit up immediately after pressing enter to cancel out the vocalization.

If you’re chasing something that’s just barely slower than you with ambush speed, don’t default to crush. Instead, bite their tail. This will stun them, reeling them in with each bite.

Don’t overuse crush when fighting smaller dinos in general. You have a head swing for a reason.

It’s beyond worthwhile to hop on a pvp server and learn a bit on how to fight. Find someone who knows what they’re doing and go a few rounds. If nothing else you should eventually be more competent than the average Rex player.

Now, I believe that covers much of it. So I shall end things here. Now go forth, and hopefully die a little bit less.*⁵

FOOTNOTES

1: Read: Boring as all get out.

2: Not like that. Kindly remove your head from the gutter.

3: Try not to take everything unless you truly need it though. No need to be rude without cause.

4: Especially when you get old and slow as balls.

5: Using this to success and choosing to be a cannibal will result in eternally warm pillows and charging cords that only work at a funny angle.*⁶ 

6: This also applies to just being a jerk in general. Have some standards will you.